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CHRYSIPHIALA pauciflora. 
Few-flowered Chrysiphiala, 
HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA.— Nat. Ord. AMARYLLIDEM, Be. 
Gen. Char. — Periantkium subinfundibuliforme, tubo inferne angustato pe- 
dunculiforme basi subincrassato, limbo dilatato sexfido. Corona staminea 
sexfida. Stamina erecta, stricta. Stigma subincrassatum, obsolete trifi- 
dum. 
Chrysiphiala pauciflora ; floribus ante folia, perianthiis laciniis erecto- 
patentibus, staminibus subasqualibus, corona brevi tubulosa, dentibus 
bifidis. 
Scape appearing before the leaves, which latter I have not the opportunity 
of describing, rounded, glaucous, about 4 inches high. Umbel of 2 
flowers, having at the base a spaiha of two lanceolate, membranaceous 
leaflets, which are half as long as the tube of the shorter flowers. One 
of the flowers subsessile, later than the other, which is pedicellate. 
Perianth croceous, nearly two inches long, the tube infundibuliform, con- 
tracted below the middle (and somewhat pedunculiform), and at the base 
again slightly incrassated, superior : limb 6-cleft, erecto-patent, with the 
segments concave, lanceolate, rigid, the outer ones narrower, all green on 
the back, and incurved. Crorvn short, croceous, with a bifid tooth be- 
tween the stamens. Stamens erect, arising from the sinuses of the teeth, 
those longer which are placed opposite the outer segments of the perianth. 
Filaments subulate. Anthers oblong, (destitute of pollen). Germens 3- 
ceUed, ovules many, two-ranked, plane. Style filiform, as long as the 
crown, a little twisted, thickened towards the base. Stigma trifid, subir- 
regular. — Lindl. 
Flowered in the greenhouse of the Horticultural Society's 
establishment at Chiswick, in the month of April 1824, from 
bulbs introduced by James Cowan, Esq. along with many 
other rarities from Peru. Both the drawing and description,^ 
made from the living plant, were communicated by my friend 
John Lindley, Esq. 
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